St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-24

DAY, or give. sell, or OtnerWlse ulspOse VI
vinous, spirituous or malt liquors on that
day Any person violating this ordinance
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding 80
nor less than $40 for each offence.
A provisO to prevent the ordinance
from applying to tavern keepers, was
attached to the ordinance, but Is
scratched out. This indicates that
either old man Bass or Col. Allen
must have been trying to get their
work in for the benefit of the travelling
public.
SEVERAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The minutes of Friday, July %, 1851,
contain the following items:
On motion of Mr.. Knox. town marshall en-
ploy surveyor to grade TO D degrees the sllls
TO river on 4th street from Sibley to st. An
thony, and report TO next regular meetlllg. .
On motion of Mr. Knox, it is moved and
seconded that marshall proceed to obtain
subscriptions for grading and widening 4th
street of property owners and report at next
regular meeting.
Mr.. Cagean reports bridge on Jackson
street In ruinOus condition.
Report of marshall. received on nOgs
(Boars), due marshall S4.lO.
Report of marshall. SIS received for IL
censeS, paid over to Treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. Joel Whitney the follow
ing ordinance was passed. prohibiting steam
DOdIS ufTlNlllS at luc pOIl VI ~ L ahI AAOih
landing freight on Sunday under certain pen
alties not less than 5 %, nor over S1OO. etc.,
etc.
Aug. records the following:
On motion of Knox that Marshall receive
proposals for eXcavating the bluff on Fourth
street according to grade ana take the rock
taken out for pay, which was carried
On motion of Mr.. Kennedy Marshall is also
instructed to receive proposals to grade Bench
street from Front of Roman church on an
easy grade to Central House for the stone.
On motion of Mr.. Knox the marshall is in
structed to build abatementS of stone on
jackson street in Ravine to support the
bridge on jackson street, The Bridge to be 2S
feet in width, abatements to be 90 feet apart:
Bridge to be built with double track. with 4
foot sidewalks and marshall build such
bridge as council shall frCm time to time
direct.
On motion OF Mr. Knox the marshall is in
structed to build culvert of stone abate-
ments across Fifth, between Robert and
jackson.
Twenty-one days later the council met
and were informed that MeSSrS. Degar-
man. Fisher, Wells, Charles Cave. Tur-
pin, Thomas p. Reed. King. Marti. and
Hardy had failed to take out liuuOr Ii
censes. The council dealt quickly. and
they all came to terms three days after
ward at the adjourned meeting.
Then commences record Of events
funny and otherwise. The work of
grading Fourth street, from Robert to a
point west of Cedar. and from Slbley to
Robert street was ordered to be let: the
steamers DR.. Franklin and Excelsior
were prosecuted for landing freight on
Sunday. and Recorder II. A. Lambert
was allowed the sum of S25 for his
services from July to Aug. %. SiiaS
t.fh or al fltI.
81 $50 Sept. 13. but he was relieved from
il Sept. % because he could not have
completed it in the time specified and
Marshall Castner was given the job
direct.
TOWN PLAT AND TOWN JAIL.
On the same day appeared George C..
Nichols with & ''tOwn plat of st. Paul,
which he presented to the council.
Says the record Of Nov. l, 1851:
1t is represented by the president that
Messrs. Forbes and Robert have presented to
the town a quantity of hewn lumber for the
purposes of building a town jail, which is
accepted.
Mr.. Knox makes proposition to build the
same for $40, the iron and timber furnished
by the town. On motion the same was ac-
cepted.
The Jail was to be two stories high. 1G
x1S feet. with four windows, and with a
stairway outside.
The petition Of Barney Rogers for the
widening of Third street, which had
been laid over from Sept. >, was taken
up Nov. q. and the marshal was or
dered to go to work and remove all OBJ
structiOns. 1t was proposed to widen
Third from Minnesota street, OH the
north side four feet, and on the south
side five feet. until Bench street was
reached. On the page devoted to Dec.
we read:
1t was unanimously resolved on motion
THAT The TOWN council have IL christmas din
ner at The house of Lott Moffett i'll st. Paul
NUCLEUS OF A POLICE FORCE.
On the same day it was resolved to
have night watch of four-twO at each
end of the town, and subsequently. on
Dec. 10, the town watch was reduced to
four. and S. Mum. LuciuS Morton,
Adam HOeg and Comfort Barnes were
appointed TO serve as the Watchmen.
Messrs. Bernard Rogers, A. II. French,
l.. Morton, Adam HOeg. S. Num-, Com
fort Barnes, James Ross. James Main
and G. J. McGee all presented bills
against the town for watchman'S ser
vices. S. Mum was then captaiti of the
watch. c. j. McGee was afterwards
found to have lost two nights, so his bill
Of $24 was reduced to $40
There is some great spelling in the
minutes of the meeting of Jan. ,. 1852
They are headed Council in se ;hion."
and marshal is spelled ''Marcial." This
day the petition for the appointment Of
a,town physician was laid on the table.
An ordinance was passed fixing fine
of $50 for drunkenness ''in any street,
alley or lot within the corporation pre-
cincts." B. b. Ford was appointed
town surveyor and engineer Feb. 6.
The constitution and bylaws of the
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY
were received Feb. Il. and an ordinance
regulating the fire department of st.
Paul was passed March 9, 1852. 1t pro
yided for a chief engineer, an assistant
engineer and five fire wardens in addi
ton to the council, the members of
which were eX-officio fire wardenS. and
for such ''hOok and ladder and axe
men, as were necessary. Meetings
were to be held at hook and ladder
hall, ''and badges were to be provided
for the officers A foreman and assist
ant was to have charge of the hook and
ladder company.
THE TOWN PHYSICIAN TROUBLE.
The petition OF Drs. Brisbine and
Goodrich for town physician were III
definitely postponed Feb. II. March
9 Surveyor Ford was ordered by ordi-
nance to survey all the streets within
the limits of the corporation, the grade
of the streets to not go over sewer de-
grees. The question of the appoint
ment of town physician came up again
at the March 10 meeting on DR.. Corlies'
petition. DR.. COrlies had three votes
for and three against him, so he didn't
get the appointment. viii FreebOrn,
who had been elected a trustee again,
vice Joel Whitney, resigned, tried once
more, April ., to get DR.. Brisbine ap-
pointed and failed. However, DR.. Cor
lies was laid upon the shelf by indefi-
mite postpOnement. That day Gen. w.
G. LIE Dues petition to have a road
opened at the upper landing was acted
upon favorably. April 16 it is recorded
that Charles w. BOrup and other Jack
son street property owners presented
remOnstrance against the proposed